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, A . ZI/ii7i - G'ii - N-. .Ai3:EUS. TROUBLES WITH WILKINSON. EXTRACT FROM GENERAL ORDERS. Head-Quarters, Camp Toire-au-Bauf, July 73, iSog. "It is with extreme pain the General. has heard. 3f much licenti , us conversation in this camp, sub 7ersive of every principle of subordination and dis !ipline, of patriotism and honour, and tending to dis olve those. high and ,solemn obligations by which !very military man is bound to the' service of his ountrv. He is fully apprized of the arts which have been fliployecl to seduce the incautious and innocent from .heir duty, to obtain their signatures to a bond of hfamy, .and to involve them in utter disgrace and !uin, He knows that his life has been menaced by traitor, but he is persuaded a great majority .of the troops he commands, Americans by birth and n principle, will, sooner sutler martyrdom, than-at tach such an eternal stigma to - their mines and fa rt) or raise their bands against the country that' have them birth. He knows also, that this camp, ike all'others of equal extent, comprehends every tpecies.of Human depravity, and on strict scrutiny will exhibit the "various traits of charaeter 'from the patriot . and the*bel'o, to ) the 'coward and the villain— en aprofligate lives, fugitives from justice, and D,t'serters from foreign service. " BUt were the General asiored, that every won Qf his camp had .0 - itnbined to violate their oaths, to I lliindon their duty, and defy the Government and th e la%i s by an act of desperation, as foolish as it Wnuld be cowardly, wicked and perfidious, .they ihnuld March. to the gibbet over his body, because his c6mpared.trithe ,faithful. discharge.. of .the high ettast confided to hitn, would be but a feather to the I?alance; in siich a disgraceful extremity, the Ge lieral would -save his .own honour, by shooting the t'st• man who resisted his orders, in which he can 'ave no doubt he Would bd gallroly. seconded QY'e'vcrt" , -gentleman w h o , wears a.commission,! and by every soldier of courage and honour. officers of this army are commanded to !xad the -most prompt o , :edience trout their infe riors, and to punish, on the spot; any 11)311 who may Pause over an order, or utter a seditious • C °PY of a Letter from Gen. Arintrong, dated Paris, duly 4, ~bc9 l c.` SIR—I have received your letter of the Ist of 'writ, stating the case,of the C3rolttia, &cc. The Bite I t3 f ibis brig and cargowill prbattly dept.nd upon the of a negociatitli 'low' pending between the vultited States and his 11•1*sly the E:nperor and and „which will, trom my present views of ``'e subject, be terminated within a mouth, or six 117 '-•(-.ks frotti 't he present time, .• ``...1 can only add, that appearances are now more ' a "ouraible than they have lately been. It there are any of y o ur countrymen at Naples, in your situation, You will _oblige me by /communicating to them the . of this itAier. • .. . .. •" ," I am, Sir, very reiptifally, &e. c• . t , (olgaccl). " JOHN AIOISTRONG. Mr. R. I Recd., Supercargo of the .; Artletican brig Caranne." xtrAa ..of a Letter from rt celebrated Physician in Mar. tellies, dated in May, to his Frird in Cambridge MSS.) " Poor Charles IV. firmed) , King of Spain, is !ill here ; with teet, legs, knees, and hands, swelled 'Y a-gouty rheumatic atfeclion. He has with him Spauish Gentleman of the Faculty, but lie has galled }or my opinion, and I have paid him a few 117 , , his Royal Highness the Duke of SUSSEX gave on "fudnseday a ,rand dirtier, at DORANT.'S Hotel, to ''S Royal Highness the Prince of WALES, 'his Se- Highness the Doke of BRUNSWICK OeLs,, the kes of YORK, CLARENCE, KENT, CUMBERLAND, CAMBRIDGE. Among the visitors were—Count ‘tvititt, Marquis of HEADFORT, Lord YAR. Sir THoMAs DYER, General.Toßta, Mr. DAN Colonels BLOOMFTBLD,' VESP.Y, IWMN id QUINTIN, Major FREETH, Mr. GREEN- Mr: MAGRATH, took place on Wednesday morning, in a ling Wormwood Scrubs, betwton Captain ON, a volunteer officer, and a Mr. ,FlAw `ver. After firing a round, accommOcia- led, but! refused 'by the . Captain, .and ,rd twice more, when Mr. H. received ball through his hand, but he is like ,. respeaahle tradesman; in the neigh, e-street, Manchester square, ,put a 'stence ye s terday itorning .by tak .ot arsenic. It is reported, that )6tS,was the cause of temporary led t 6 the catastrophe. the case of the KING v. the woman of about 26 years of tit not handsome, being.gap \fr. Sauter, a publican,•gal iinutes '.yesterday, on the ke of too guineas.. The ind was' rode by a boy sold the.ani r, after the match. • se'nnight,. as two of atteMp -Mg to crass ford, 'Scotland, ,one Vv r as thrown of his The deceased had r nearly 25 years." Srti, he Honourable disguise of:a • a square in furniture-, and stole les, with pry shott inferior offals. 9S. d. MADAME fEAbifiE b&OA,Ai3iliftt. The Ladies of all parts of America are of opinion,. that their fair countrywomen, natives,of Baltimore, are educated exclusively to captivate men, by a co que-try, in which they are not surpassed by the most insinuating Paris'ian belles. But has not envy or jealousy some part in this reproach ? The fact though the Ealtimore ladies, taken en masse, are ndt so handsome, and perhaps not so correct, as the ladies of the-other large cities. of the - Union, their study froth their childhoOd to improve their own persons,;. and to please the male part of the creation, makes them always more successful in matrimonial schemes. An old Prerieh beau, whO has resided eighteen years in America, has proved, to' the satistaaion of all amateurs, that considering the population,. less number of old maids vegetate in Baltimore than in NeW York, Pniladelphia, Bos ton, and Charleston. In general the BAtiinorian belles resemble in.their manners and dress more the "French 'than the English Ladies ; - and where morals are not thought -of,' or MOdesty not valued as an ac complishment, the MAN TRAPS of the forward and the bold are ;more dangerous, and to be avoided, than the attra&ions of timid beauty,"and the charms of blushing innocence. Madame Jerome Buonaparre . is one of -the most lovely women .of which t.he city of. Baltimore. can boast; .Since. deserted by her unworthy husband, her conduct has been distinguished by its propriety, and ,many are said to hive attempted persuading her to accept a more honest and honourable partner. From her refusals it was believed she had resolved to die a Queen Dowager of Westphalia; or expect ed, 'perhaps, from the hands of . Napoleon; the' ereCion of some Transatlantic prnici-)ality nro mo iara)" iii her own favour, or in favotii ot the son. of Jerome, perfectly resembliug his t3ilitr, that is to say, a baboon. But all'at 'once she has altered her mind, renouncing au imaginary or artificial 'grandeur, for the eXpeetation of real felicity in marriage, nut with a French* revoldtionary criminal or. upStart usurper, but with a respettable English G,:ntlemap, Mr. Oakeley.„ Secretary of the British Legation to the United States of America'! • • . Even since he has polluted the House of Wurtem berg-bybhis poisonous conitedion, Jerome has been impudent enough to Offer the wife, he had deserted soine Nery valuable presents ; of late, hoWeVer, he is 'sato to have ceased all correspondence .wiW her, and all inquiries. about his son, tar whose support his ikestpl4alian - Majesty has forgOt to make the provision even of a ham.' It is singular enough, that notwithstandi9g Buooaparte's aversion to the English - shopkeepers, hls nephew was bOrn -a Cock . net, Maclaine Jerome being delivel'ed of her son,, 1. early in 1805, within the bills of mortality. ROYAL OBSEQUIES IN AFAUCA. Notwithstanding the information with which the relations of travellers have Supplied us, re9peeting the manners and customs of the African nations,. r many particulars, unnoticed before; may be pointed . out in the writings of new,authors. We translate the foll Owing account. of the funerals of the Kings 'ot Dahomai; from Laborthe's naziels in Africa,' }atcly, published in France Nothing can be more barbarous than the cere monies with which the 'funeral - of a King of Da , homai are -attended. No sooner is the Soveretart known to be dead, than eight men dig a grave, call ed Neptune's grave, about twelve feet deep and se ven long. " A bed, adorned with the most precious stuffs and jewels belonging to the late King, is then raised. On its top a figure is plated, wrapped up in several kinds of cloth. i --- ‘‘ The eight men who have doglhe grave ascend the bed ; on reaching which, their heads are cut off, and their bodies are cast away in the fields, to ! become - the food of every bird or beast of prey.— i The Monarch's wives then press forward,. and con i tend tor the . honour of being enclosed in his grave,. ! and taking care of him. Only twenty-four are i . chosen for that purpose, and the rest louJly beiboan t their fate, on being deemed unwortliy‘,of so sacred 1 an office. i " In' order to blind these fanhappy viElims ,to I their fate, the grave is filled, for the pretended use , I' of the King, - witir.coral, ,brandy, tobacco, pipes, ,hats,•snuff-boxes of gold and silver, three gold beaded canes, and three others with silver heads.— I The 24 women are then ordered to take great care I of the King, to bathe him-with brandy, make itim drink and smbke, and to burn.incenseevery second : "day round his body. 'These direeitions are no sooner ended .than they hasten to di , scend into the grave.= In. 'order to increase the barbarity of this sacrifice, 1 their legs are broken with clubs as they are descend ing. The grave is then closed, and Covered unit l:earth, and the firing of cannon begins and lasts fur five days... , , , , " After the lapse 'of a certain number of days, the great 'ceremony of the funerals is celebrated.— ' The European Factors, the tributary Kings, and the Governots of the, conutry, are then obliged to attend. , ' , The Europeani are expeOed to make presents, consisting of brandy, -silks, hats; and cauris. The latter , are the current coin of the land. " Each .tributary King gives four slaves of both sexes, an ox, a ram, a pigeon, two ducks, and .1.4 pintS of . oil Of palm. - . " Each of the GovernorS gives two Slaves of both sexes, one horse, an dx, a ram, a pigeon, twelve ducks; two hundred 'cutaches of cauzis, (the cabaChu 'is equal to Bs.:4d. sterling), a piece of : red and, eight others of various Colours., ". The slaves, horses, oxen, rams, pigeons, &c are Olen sacrificed to the manes of the deCeased King, and their remains are scattered in the fields, to feed the wild beasts of the forests.''- On Saturday morning, the market-house of Hills borough,' North of Ireland, was discovered to be nn fire, and, although every exertion was Made by the inhabitauts of the town, stimulated by the presence and aid of' the Marquis of Downshire, almost the wholdol that handsome edifice haS been consuinecL The building was undergoing a thorough repair, and would have had a roof of 'the patent Cement, in_ the: 4 preparation of which, it is supposed, some , fire I . md been communicated to one ul the Roots: bta ii , ,:_itin. Li irk REPOItT. toURT 'OF KING'S BENCq. :THURSDAY, pECEISiftER 7. Carl Wheld was capitally indicted' for 'st‘,sling in the dwelling Loaseof John -Smith, in ilte I`..lmo= nes, a Bank of England note fur the payment of 1001.,the pfoperty of Griffiths Henson, The prosecutor is a GrruSn, and Captain Of ,a trading vessel from Bremen , to 'London; and the' pri • sorer is a native of the same country, a surgeon by profession, 'and had aEted in that capacity for several voyages with the prosecutor. The, circumstances of the case, as detailed in evidence, were as folloiv : On the, - 423dni NoveMber last, the prosecutor receiv ed a - 1001. Bank note, front the lionse of Messrs. vECEMBER , TrIE RING V. THE MOST firOBLF ALEXANDER DUKE OF, GORDON. This .cause being the first ort the list of Toe - Sdar, was called on iti.tnediately on the Sittingsbt Lordship; nine special Jtfryttie.o attended; and there being ditficOltypn the part of the proSeCutian - to prose aright to pray a tides, .• , The ATTriaNEY-GENERAL said he wonll relieiT6 them, and pray a tales 'himself on behalf of the lie; , fendant ; a tales ;was prayed , accordingly; and the Jury made up and sworn. ,Prescott and Co.. which he deposited in the."dr'er' of a dressing table at his lodgings. The pt ironer had been in the habit, since his arrival in England, of calling daily on . the prosecutor', for -instruaions rela tive to die ensiling Voyage; Abour , welve 'o7clt,ck on the daofretitioned in the indictment, he called, 23 usual, but.the prosecutor not being at home, he was sheen into his apartments to wait his arrival not coming, however, in'any reasonable time, 'he went away,. and promised to call next morning., In the. course f the , evening the prosecutor returned and . misSed'his property fret)) the drawer.. He made 'every inquiry, Out could' not discover any traces of it. Suspicion at length fell on the prisoner, who did not call , the next morning ,in pursuance of his pro mise, anda warrant wa, obtairied4Or his apprehen sion. The Shadwell Police Officers ascertained that a' 1001. note had' been paid by a foreigner tinsweiing the description. "of the prisOner, to a watchmaker, wmed Sharpe, for a watch value 31. who received the - chkinge, the day after the t'oblaery wa's commit ed, which watch was afterwards tracedlo a.pawn 'broker's shop in ilieMinaries,where it was aiscipledged by a foreigner answering the prisoner's description, for 5 OS: • Mr.;),A,rtGeßy opened the pleadings w Erich Stat'cd that this Was an indiament preferred. at ,The stanceofSarah the wife of: Thomas Mraite, against the Most Noble Alexander Duhe Of Gordon, ch tre ing him with an aisault, with an attempt to commit a rape upon • Another count was fora cot: mon assault, to which the Defendant had pleaded 1114 GUilty, whereupon issue was Joined. - Mr. PARK opened the case on - the - part of the pia: seeution nearly as follows " May it please'your tordship;—Gentlethen of the Jury—lt very seldom happens to me to conduct prosecutions of a criminal nature' in this place. In another part of the kingdom (t he Northern Circuir) where it does sometimes devol es n i ion me, ii.is . my cnnstant , course, and if any Gentkruen, are pre:. sent whet have witnessed it, they .can vouch tr . ; Ore truth of what I say, rather to Under-rate than to over, the case, when I have to opt n one of a criminA nature; I shall follow , the same course on the pre- . sent - occasion; I shall barely state the I ant instru6led I shall be able by evidence to' prove; antli shall then leave it to the Judge and . Jury ,to draw their own conclusion. That has been invari . ably my praCtice. I. shall make no -difference in Mr. Sharpe proved the identity of the prisoner,. the present case fioin that praelite, on account of . for-whom he said he changed•a tool-. note, deduCt- the • rank or situation of the parties on either side ;• ing 51. for the watch which he. purchased.. shall barely relates the fans as they are dis.elosed to The pawnbroker also swore .that the prisoner me, and having doue. so, I shall endeavour to-oh= pawned the watch in question with hips. . i viate two or three objeEtions which I onderstand to The only link of the chain -of evidence that was - be intended to be made to this prosecution. 'Gen; deficient - , was the proof with respei t. to the identity Alemen, lhe . .Prosecntrix of this itidiatnent is Sarah Of the-note, as to its being the same paid by Messrs. 41 " Waite, the wife of Thomas Waite. She is in a low Prescott and Co. to the prosecUtor. - This ciehein- situation of lifee her husband 'a journeyman car. stake was occasioned-by the neglect to subpoena the i penter ; and When the subjea of, thk proiectition clerk 'who paid ie. took ! - lace, she was the domestic servant of Lady ' The prisoaer left his defence to his counsel. Two Margaret Stanley,- and, what I- apprehend, to or to ee respectable foreigners bore testimony to his sotnewhatin favour of the charaaer. of this *Nonfat); charaCta4,. in .the warmest terms ofapprobation. i is, that she had-lived five-years with that. Lady. The jury renirnen a, verdiet of Guilty, without the year 4808, when the transaction upon. which' hesitation---. Death - this indictment was, founded took place; Lady Stan; Mary Sullivan,. and Mary Fitzhenril, two Cy i ley had gone out of town for that - part of the year „ , - y y prim hymplis„ were indieted for• stealing'ool.sp Which it was her,custorn enju in the coantr ri vatelv from theoperson of- a Jew, -.pawed Sarncel on which occasion she left: the care of her Whole house; a splendid one, in Norfolk-weet, Hyde-park Barhett, on the 13;b - of November last, - at a house of ill-tante, in Sr. Giles's.. The Prosecutor, hi' Pm secutrix '' thereby ' she win g siderable 'degree of 'confidence in E'er integrity . , nod e ver, preVaricated so scandalously in his evidence, .t n f o und 114‘e prisoners—Not Guilty:. that the Contt Teje6ted hisoestintoby, end, the jury which tends.to skew, titer she had maintained Irreproachable life. On going -into.: the countr a y t i , Harriet Collins., a woman' ot the town, was ckpi- Lady Margaret „Stanley wis desirous or dhiiig that' tally indieted for stealing in the dwelling-house Of which many • persons of distineti.on are in the habit Patrick Donnelly a 401 Bank of Lov e land oote, the of doing, that, of letting their houses to - some pet- , . property of a y son of distinction diet tug their stay - in.:.the country, tiong woman, named Elizbeth a jll. net The 'fgt of the rObbery ci was etirly proved, . The Duke of Gordon e ttak.it, entered upon bei the proprietorship Of the hous'e by l'a:riCk Don- copied it ontil Lhe 2d Of May, a day to which I de sire you, Gentlemen, to direct your attention: Hit nelly. not being made out to the satisfeetien of the C urt, the Prisoner was found 11:2'11.1y - of larceny, • to whom I hay-. • Grace of Goodor is a. t hot only. i" the honour of knowing; hut I understand 'him t o have .attained the age ot sixty years,- and that he haq not, for a considerable- time,: lived Duchess. He took this house of Lady Mariearet Stanley, and went to reside there about the f 2. 31 - of March.' It may be said that there is something Sin- ' gular in the conduct of -his Grace of Gordon in this' matter, if 'he be actually guilty, for it could hardly be supposed that a , man of his rank, 'Olat'acter - , and age,, would` make an attempt ,of an ,indecent nature: Ido not know how it vl4ll torn •oot the evidence in this case, but I am afraid that the an , , pals. of Courts- of . Justice;, and the history ot man kind, has convinced all those. who are.but teleraVy well acquainted with either, - that the age of - sixty , perhaps . severity, is. but an, indifferent security, iri spine cases, against these attempts being made. On 'the 23d of March, the Duke being resident in the .house .of Lady Margaret, he manites , ed his dispo , - sition towards this woman, who was the seri-aet of Lady Margaret; his Grace had.a footman, of the name of Fleming, and by command of his Grace. that footman came out to this woman, and told het* that the Duke desired she would go into the reourt where his Graee was, and shot the window-shutters She -said she had nothing to do with shutting the window-shutters e that his Grace had servants of his own, and that they ought to do - it ; she would riot, for that she was the servant df Lady Margaret e but thePukeinsisted that she- should,and caused her-to be• so told. She obeyed; came into the room where Ms Grace was.- fle -spoke to -her; asked her I,vliether she was a. town or a country girl ? She said she came .from•the country. His Grace was drinking wine. He asked her to drink a glass of wine; she dechied, it, saying she never drank any.. His GraCC • insisted Qtt her taking a glass; pohred it oho ,and made her take it. That was all that happened then. Two or three days afterwaids she - went on the same occasion of shutting the shutters, -by thesaMe cbru mand -of the Duke, conveyed.- to - her by another servant of Grace., who,said he would have it s . o. When she entered, the Mite-spoke to her, laying ; ce Come here, here are .some nice apples,-hake a few.' She -declined ;- he offered her wint;; the said ; it was quite iyr;iroper for her to drink wihe wi!h: his Grace; it eoded in her taking some frue. TWo or three nights after. this, Fleming came for lief . main, soeing ii Grace insisted on lit r coming to shot the — window-shutters.' She came into the -room. Whert.A. his accosted her, •et,d itrsiste.d .on kissing tier; „she.objee'iect. She was alien jtist on the 4-_.ve of he ing' married to' a person tnearer her own 'age; and therefore if any person should be induced-to suspett' that this woman was inclined to faVour the wishes of the Duke, he would desire them to consider that she had then the•prosped of having her inclinations . gratified with a person of, her own, ale, ant/ likely; to • belniore cangenial eo her wislits than any thinp. she Might hope from the Duke. However, the-Duke shpt a 'piece of money into her-hand,: and said to • her, " buy a gown: with that." If she were to ash Me, my opioion, .I should say, there is no •money yhafever that she ought to take from, any body, Who had in view such an cihjeat, hol,v6TO'r firmly she might be determined not tr gh*way. to it. How- Tnesdar, just as Mr. Skelton, of Stanhope-street, , I Chre-market, atiihei,rl florist and feather manufac turer, had returned !r.rnefroin strvingon a jury, 'ar • We'sin - ,inster,l l lall, he cropped down 6ltddeilly and' iintnediately expired. MtLANCHOLY ACCIDENT.,---.Mopd'cly as Mrs. Geary, bread and biscuit baker, orkiamtnerstnith, . was g some 'bees-vtax and` turrntine; . to co " lour her piano torte, it • caught 'fire, and she. was so dreadfully burnt that she is since dead. s On F,A,,y i l as i a c ase of novelty and importance cattle before tht.t.Coitrt of Arches, Doaors Gammons,. on the admission of arr article, in which it appeared that a Kempe, of Calvinistic principles, had promoted a charge against the. Rev. Mr. 'Wicks, a hlvviul Minister of the established Church of Eng land, on the • ground of refusing to' bury a child, which had'been baptized by a Dissenting Minister, when the' Court; after hearing the Learned Civilians at considerable fength, postponed the further disctis . sign of it till he next Court, day. • ..On the 18th of October, in consequence of a dis pute•the preceding day .on board the American fri gate, .Essex, of Nurfolk, in Virginia, a meeting took place,,bet ween Dr. RAY and Mr:VORHEES, of that ship. It Was settled by the seconds, that the prin cipals should take their ground at eight paces from each other, and exchange one fire, ai,d than it the event of its proving inetle?:,:tual, they should each ad vance three paces and decide the affair :with the sword. Mr. V. fell at the first fire, and soon ex pired.. SMITHFIELD Nkit.;,l4:ET, •Dte. 8. • This day's Market was wpl supplied with different kinds of Cattle ;- Beef and Veal support last prices; Mutton and Pork are somewhat cheaper and the trade in general was middling.--The sales in the ijay Market •were trifling ; Straw has droPped in price since Monday's' Markel ; Hay and Clover fetched last prices.—The undermentioned prices and numbers are.an . accurate statement ; To sink'the 011.r1 per stone of glb. Beel4s. od. to ss. od. Mutton 45., od: to ss. od. Vcal ss. 6d. to 7s. cd. rod( Ss. od. to 6s od. • I!:,asts Sheep 4,76g.--Calves tgo.--Pigs 270. , SMITHFIELD HAYMARKET.. • H:y 21..a5. cd. to 61. os. cd. Straw 11. los. od s to li. as. ocl; CloVer sl. os. Oct, to 61: tot. od. Cores - EXCHAI , ;GE, DEC . B.—tl'here is a middling supply of Wheat to-day; and the trade for second and ordinary (1611 salt, and rather lower ; Rye ; Barley in demand; and full as dear ; Malt and White Pease also.; scarce any (..41ey Pease; Old Beans of . the two kinds dearer ; - new LICKS 40s. to 445. per citiarter ; Oats in tolerable supply and lower, large arrivals being- expectudi Flour remains at late pees. , . Wheat -78 s a.95s a toss c Tick Beans (01d) 52S a 5 . 7 s Vine ditto - - tuSs a it is Oats -.- .255 a 3os a 346 Rye - - , sos a 54s Poland ditto -36 s a 39s Barley' -- . . 50s a.- 56's Potatoe chirp - • 41a a -a _lsila.lt -- - -78 s a ,•t'.6s • Rape Seed .- - • 461 a 521 White Pease , , 765 a S6a ' 11.1 f; Floizg ..! 90s a 95$ Grey ditto - - - -56 s a 602 Su.cml4" . . - Sss' ass kicaas (old) . 62s 4 6Si